Thermaltake Computer Accessories
Thermaltake was established in 1999 and it has been manufacturing computer cases, power supplies and coolers ever since.
The Thermaltake Tsunami (VA3000BNA) Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower computer case has an excellent design, but there are no special features in the chassis itself.
The power supply inside and the fans are more interesting, because they directly influence your gaming experience.
This specific computer case comes without a power supply, but there are two 12cm silent fans installed in the back and front, with air filters. The practically empty computer case costs $80, while a cheap 430Watt Thermaltake power supply will set you back with another $40:
Unfortunately it has only a 8cm fan, which means that it makes more noise than a 12cm one. If you have enough money it’s best to choose a more expensive power supply with a 12cm or 14cm fan. There’s a more practical family of Thermaltake computer accessories that includes liquid coolers for most internal components.
The PW880i model is not a very compact design, but it includes all components for a very efficient CPU cooling system. It supports all Intel and AMD processors up to 125-150Watts, including the new Six-core and Eight-core designs.
For the graphics card there’s a more unusual Thermaltake computer accessory.
It’s also a liquid based cooler, but the difference is that it dissipates part of the heat right there on the graphics card and it pushes the hot air out, while it connects to the main cooling system too. The fan is relatively small, but it only produces 18dBA of noise, so it doesn’t bother the user. If the computer care is padded with sound absorbing materials even less noise will escape.
Thermaltake makes traditional coolers too:
The Thermaltake SlimX3 is for low-profile computer cases with mini-ITX motherboards and maximum 65Watt Intel processors, which include some Core 2 Quad processors and all Core 2 Duos, while some low power Core i3, i5 and i7 processors may be on the way. In the meanwhile undeclocked/undervolted LGA 1156 processors may be used.
This next monster doesn’t complain, it supports up to 220Watt processors which can be found only in the server market at the moment:
It supports both Intel and AMD processors, so the new six-core and eight-core processors are supported too.
More unconventional designs address low-profile cases too, while they manage to cool up to 150Watt CPU’s:
The Termaltake CL-P0464 makes a bit more noise, 21dBA, but the fan has a variable speed so if the processor generates less heat, the noise generated is less with the same percent.
Other Thermaltake accessories include thermal grease, and different types of cooler adapters for different types of motherboards:
In conclusion Thermaltake has some interesting solutions, everything is great except the cases themselves.
Written by Karpat Zoltan, date May 17, 2010 in Accessories
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for CPU cooling, i always use heatsinks with heat pipes because they are more efficient in cooling CPUs`”‘
of course cpu cooling is very necessary and you will really need a good cooling fan to do it –